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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20
FROM A WINDOW.
PROBABLE FATAL FALL OF An OLD
LADY.
Fatally Burned "A Chspter Of Accidents
TO Ferry Boats Political Nat
ters-The Truckers.
Correspondence Of tho Richmond Dspa'ch-l

fcorrc,rondenco Of tho Richmond Dspatch.l
NORFOLK, April 10, 1887.
Mira. Ann Collins, who resides on
Church street, fell from second-story
window into an alley last night and
sustained injuries that will prove fatal,
il is thought. She is seventy-seyen
years old and quite feeble.
Nancy Savage (colored), OF Ports
mouth, q feeble old woman, was fatally
burned last night. She put an over
heated iron in bed to warm her feet,
when the bed-clothing caught fire and
she was dreadfully burned about the
lower part of the body.
The ferry-steamer Berhey ran on
the piles of the Norfolk dock last night
and tore out her port wheel-house. All
three steamers of the two ferry routes
have now met with serious accidents.
Only one is running and doing the
work of both routes, at intervals, and
she is badly smashed up. Travel is
now slow and uncertain between Nor
folk, Portsmouth, and Berkeley.
Our hotels are crowded with visitors
to the city Just now.
Judge Hughes, in the United States
Circuit Court, ordered yesterday that
the estate of the late Harrison Phoebus
pay to the estate of the late Samuel NJ.
Shoemaker a debt of s33, 900.
The dissatisfied Republicans Of Nor
folk have called a county convention
for Saturday next to repudiate the
nominations made last Thursday and
to put in the field ticket irrespective
Of politics.
Tie quarantine-tender John M.
Woodwork has dropped down TO Hamp-
ton Roads, and to-day opened the quar-
antine station at Fishermen's inlet.
At the farewell meeting of Evangelist
Yatman yesterday afternoon S2,252
we're raised for the new building of the
Young Mems Christian Association.
The coal-Iaden schooner Mary Free
land, sunk off Craney island in COLI
sion with the Boston steamship Cha
than, was raised last evening by the
wreckors and towed into this port.
A bail.storm passed over this section
last night, but no material damage to
the growing crops in the county is re-
ported. The hail was followed by a
succession of heavy thunder-showers.
To-day the weather is very cool, and a
gale is blowing along the coast.
The United States steamboat inspec-
tors met at the custom-house this morn
ing and commenced to investigate the
second collision between the tugs Of
the New York, Philadelphia and Nor
folk railroad and the ferry-boats. An
appeal is to be taken by the railroad
company from the decision of the in
spectors in the matter of the collision
between their tug Portsmouth and the
ferry steamer Manhasset. G..
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20
cK1N TORTURES
- THAT pFFY ALI OTHER REMEDIES
SPEEDILY CURED BY
CUT1CUkA.

Eumillatiur Eruptlcns, itching snd Burn
ing tkip Tortufee, Loathsome Sores, and
berjied. ScrofiIous and Contagious DIsease3 Of
he Biood, gain, and Scalp, win loss Of Hair,
from infancy 70 old age, are positively cacsd
by CuTIcrRA. tho great Skin Cure, and Cur.
erEA sotr. an exquisite Skin Besluaer, ex-
fs,paliy, and CUrfcrRA RssoLvgSr. tho new
I1cod furifer internally.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20

This enormous shrinkage in values,
to whatever cause it may be ascribed,
has beyond cavil, so far as Virginia is
concerned, been at least as great rela-
lively between 1880 and 1887 as it was
in the whole preceding decade. 1t
must further be observed that the
shriak09e Is exclusively in the agri-
cultural t0caiM Of the State. The
cities made no loss. or a decided gain.
The selling price of land in the coun-
try has gone down fully one half, and
it is difficult in many sections of the
State to effect sales at any price. My
own conviction is that this decline in
agricultural values, which is marked
from Maine to Florida, and is therefore
not due to any local cause, is to be
ascribed TO the discrimination in rail-
road rates against the agriculture of the
East and in favor OF that OF the West.
Other influences may aid in the effect,
but the railroad rates are the potential
factor.
With the products OF the teeming
West laid down in the eastern markets
at rates which in point of cost make
them as near or nearer than our Vir-
ginia lands, the prospect OF profitable
agriculture is remote in the extreme.
IL follows from this state OF things
that the capacity OF the great bulk OF the
property-holders, who are the owners
Of this Improbable land, 10 pay taxes,
-~---
e1be decline was orer half MILTON after
overcoming the growth Of Manchester.
f1he ioas, nearly four million. after oYe--
ccming she groTth Of st1unton.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20
Other Considerations.

We regret that the author of the fol-
lowing did not sign his name to it. 1t
is worthy of attention:
TO the Editor Of the Dispatch:
Among the considerations to be spe-
cially borne in mind in the approach
ing conference between the commits
sioners appointed by the General AS
sembly and the representatives of the
foreign bondholders is the present and
prospective capacity of the State to
bear taxation, even at the present rate.
Vastly the greater proportion of all
the taxable values of the State are agri-
cultural property. Certain adverse
influences have been exerting most
depressing influence upon the pros
perity of the agriculture of all the
country east of the Allegheny water
shed for a series of years. Those in
fuences are as active nOtO as they ever
have been, and the prospect is that
their operation will continue indie
finitely in the future, with accumulated
effect upon tie taxable values Of the At
lantic States, including Virginia.
The following table shows the de-
cline in the aggregate wealth of the
States and other localities named in
the decade between 1870 and 1880 as
given by the United States census for
these years
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20

The Boston Republican pannneI


Pe!ow are extracts from the speeches
Of Senators DAWES and HoAR at the
Republican banquet in Boston Satar.
day, which banquet, it may be re-
marked, has been made memorable by
the unanimity with which distinguished
men from outside the State of Massa-
chusetts who had been invited failed
to attend. Mr. DAWES said I:
1.-THE atmosphere we are breathing
here to-day is so surcharged with geno-
inc Republication that there can be
hut little need OF either tonics or
kiinnlsnts. The spirit OF the olden time
h upon rs again, The cause is again,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20
Nansemond Republican,.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch

SUFFOLK, April 19.-The Republican
County Convention met here to-day.
George L. Borum, member of the
House of Delegates, was chairman, and
State-senator @. II. Causey secretary.
The latter gentleman was nominated
for Commonwealth attorney. The
other nominees are unknown to fame,
and will doubtless remain so, as the
ticket is considered weak one. There
is only one negro on the hst--a nomi-
nee for Commissioner OF the revenue.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20

"At Napa, Cal, the other evening
ELIJAH WALTERS, a pugilist, was kill
cd in the first round of fight with
bare knuckles." 1t goes without say
ing that Philadelphia is very jealous Of
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20
LYNCHBURG's NEW ROAD.
Meeting OF the Lynchburg. Halifax
ard North Carolina Directors.
fSnecial talagrnm 70 the Oispa.ch.l


LYNcHBUBG, Va, April 19.-The
Board of Directors of the Lynchburg,
Halifax and North Carolina Railroad
Company, at an adjourned meeting held
to-day, adopted the route known as the
"Lower route" beginning at Campbell
Courthouse, thence to Wind Fall, to
Pigeon Run, Naruna, Brookneal, White
Rock Falls, Staunton-River crossing,
Catawba, Bannister junction, Halifax
Courthouse, and South Boston They
will meet again on the 10th OF May, in
this city, to complete the location from
this city to Campbell Courthouse and
from South Boston TO the North Caro-
lima line. The decision thus far ap.
pears to give general satisfaction. The
board decided TO connect in this city
with some one or other OF the present
companies, which viii necessitste their
going round the city, although it is
understood that the main depot will be
located in the neighborhood of the
fairgrounds.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20

A contributor writes us that printers
generally do not seem to appreciate
"the great legibility" of his Ms. A
good many OF our correspondents might
make the same statement.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20
Body Recovered.
Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch.
ur..rox w w Ali 10 1907

HINTON, w Va, April 10, 1887.
The body of Mrs. @. L. Turner, OF Bal
timore, who was drowned at Kanawha
Falls March I'd, was found this morning
in the basin below the falls by J. Il. Hud-
dleston. The body was somewhat dis
figured about the face by fish. There
was sand on her dress, which would in
dictate that she had been on the bottom
all this time.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20
100 EAST FOURTH STREET, NEW YORK.
ITCHING DISEASES CURED.

CpTfcrrRA stands at tho head Of rs class
oeuecially IA this the case with the CUrIcUBl
SOAP. Have had an unusually good sale this
summer, owing 30 the prevalence Of an aggra-
ya.ed form OF Itch through some localities 10 the
country, In which the CUTiCURA REMEDIES
proved satisfactory.
49, VI. l. HARDI6G. Druggist
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20
scALp. rAcE, EARs. ANp NEcK.

was afflicted with Eczema on the Scalp
Face. Ears. and Neck, which tho druggist.
wEero got your remedies, pronounced one OF
ire worqi cases that had como un1or his notice.
lie advised me 10 try your CUTIcURA RENE
ffgs and after i've days use my scalp sud part
az nv face were entirely cur0d. and ] hope In
another week 10 havo my ears, neck. and the
other part Of my face cured.
ion FAST FOURTH STREET, NEW YORK.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20

"a California contemporary says
there is no such thing as a vice-presi-
dental bee" Oh, yes, there is ; but,
comparatively speaking, it may be call
ed an humble bee.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20

Fair Play" will see that the point
he makes against Mr. RoYALL has al
ready been made through our columns,
and that Mr. ROYAL acknowledges that
IL was well taken.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20
coyEREn WITH snREs.

have been afflicted since last March with a
skin dieeaso tho doctors called Eczema. Ny
face was covered with scabs and soros, aud tho
itching and burning wero almost uDboarsOl9.
Seeing your CcTICuRA hkhsDiEs 70 higbiy re'
comnendod. concluded 10 give Thorn trial
using the CuTfcUBA and CUTiCUEa SOAP oxtor-
rally, and REsoLyEsr internally for four
months. Icall myself cured. In gratitude for
which mako this public statement.
Mrs CLARA A. FREDERICK.
uuo.n nucaR fsoxN
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20

GA man sometimes loses his balance
ON an orange-peeling on the pave
ment." And sometimes he loses it in
an orange grove III Florida
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20
New BOOK.

The FcUd Of Oakfcid creek. A Novel
of California Life. BY JOSIAH ROYCE.
Boston and New York HoUGHrOS,
MUFLIN & Co. 1887. Price Sl.2J.
For sale by HUNTER & Co.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20
UsIoNrows, KY.
CuTICrRA REMEDIES

are sold by all druggists. Prices: CUricUR,, %
cent. REsoLyHsT, 81: SOAP % cents. PO 4
TER DRUG AND CHEMICAL COMPANY, hos
ton. send for allow 20 Cure Skin Diseases"
BEAUIIFY tho Complexion ond ska by
uslrg the CUTICURA SOAP.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20

JOHANN MosT's recent speeches sug-
gest that lock-iaw does not always hit
in the right place.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20
SHORTHAND AND TELEGGiPBY.

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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20
BRIEF COMMENT

Was the Pan Handle haul the natu-
raj result of firing the Republican par
ty ont of job ?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20

Old newspapers for sale at the Dis
patch Office. Price twenty-five cents
per hundred.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20
[By telegraph 70 tho Dispatch. !

SrAuSToS. April 19.--H. G. Palmer,
merchant, OF Greenville, has assigned.
Liabilities, Sl1, 900; assets unknown.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20
q HOW MY SIDE ACHES

IL n Aching Sides and Back, Hip and
yxSSec.aN Kidney Pains. Rheumatic. S,ie-ic,
HNsTit Pains, relieved In one minute by tde
CUTICURA AHTi-PAIS PLASTER. Cansot fail.
At Druggists - cent?. Potter Drug aad Chemi-
cal Company, Boston. ap 2CW(w)SSu
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20
MEETINGS..

IMPORTANT NOTICE.-POCA-
i HONTAS TRIBE, No. u, IMPROVED Or
DER RED NEN.-CHIEFs AND BROTHERS: Your
committee having been disappointed IN tho
use Of the hall No. C2J east Broad street. you
are hereby requested 20 meet your brothers ~
OpD-FEILOWs' HALL TONIGHT "wednesday
ct o'clock. Matters Of grave Importance Will
10 considered, and 1t - urged that all be pres
emf. W. f.. GRANGER.
Worthy Sachem.
GEORGE sTURDIvANT, Chief of Records.
aD 3)-it
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20
DROPOSALS FOR TOBACCO.

NAVY DEPARTMENTAL
BUREAU OF PROvIgIoss AND CLOTHING,
WASHINGTON, March l6. 1881. J
SEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed Proposals
Tor TOBACCO will be received at this Bureau
until APRIL "a, 1887. az II o'clock 4. D.. for
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND 10000 POUNDS
OF NAVY TOBACCO, 10 be delivered as the
nayy-yard, Brooklyn, n. Y, on or before the
1stday Of November, 1877.
Specifications and forms Of offer will bs fur
nished by this Bureau upon application, and
proposals must be made upon the forms - fur
nshed, and In accordance with the sp0ciHca-
tons JAMES FULTON,
NH 1906 Paymaster-G oneral, u. ;. y.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20
no THE OWNERS or yIRilyn
BONDS BEARING PAsT-DUg FAX
RECEIVABLE COUPONs
sp slst
100000

TO LEND N SUMS TO SrTr
ON CITY IMPROVED REAL ISlArr
PkR CENT. INTEREST.
J. THOMSON BROWN ECO
ap ii-6t lii3 Main s.r.,t
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-05-27

to have been held at the residence OF DIR. j.
ii. Murphy this evening, has been postponed
Rev Mr.. Evans, of the Pacific Congrega-
tionGl church, will preach at Christiansen's
hall, corner of State and Congress streets, at
1870 p. m. Sunday.
Standard pool room now open mt $40 and
344 Jackson Combinations on base ball and
books made on all horse races and base ball
games Scores received by innings by spe-
cial wire.
The Foster Farmers Insurance company, a
township mutual insurance association of
the town of Foster, Faribault county, with
Office located nj Wells, was admitted to do
business in this state.
Persons who attend The International Sab
bath School convention i'll Chicago next
week, June / TO 3, will be returned at one
third fare if they have receipt of the ticket
agent showing full fare paid in going.
Gen. Ruger, commanding the department
OF Dakota, L. :. A, has written to Gov. Nc
Gill, il,eonsenting to allow the Light Battery F,
Fourth artillery, to go into camp with the
Second regiment at MankatO this summer.
Sheriff David Cratic, of Wabasha- county,
returned TO the auditors Office yesterday u
document showing that William C.. Wright,
sentenced to state prison for one year for
bigamy, had been safely escorted to St IL
water.
The contract for building sewers on Sher-
burn avenue and other streets was awarded
by the board of public works yesterday to F.
5. Blodgett for $4,000. Folsom d Murray
were awarded contracts for paving Wacouta
street for $4,000; paving Sherburne avenue
for So, 400; paving alley in block 81, St. Paul
proper, $500.
Mr.. Woodward, a Minneapolis. commission
merchant, verbally complained to the rail-
way commissioners yesterday that the Mani
toba and the Minneapolis q st. Louis roads
were discriminating in the rates for switch
ing and sidetracking at Minneapolis, some
times presenting bills for $50 per switch
and sometimes not. Gen. Becker assured
him that the matter could best be adjusted
after June /, until which time Mr.. Woodward
concluded to wait
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-05-27
FOR MEMORIAL DAY.
The Programme COmpleted---The
Order of Parade.

Arrangements have been completed
for the proper observance of Decoration
day in this city and the forenoon of
Monday, the 30th inst, the graves of
the heroes of the Republic will be deco
rated in fitting manner. Delegations
from the different Grand Army posts,
Women,S relief corps, Daughters and
post hall, Drake block, whence convey
ances will take them to the various
cemeteries at 8 O'Clock sharp. AT
Oakland cemetery the decoration
of the cross will occur at half
past 10 o'clock, and those persons de-
slrous OF furnishing flowers for the
graves of the unknown" in this burial
place should leave them at Drake block
before 8 O'Clock, or at the cemetery prior
TO the ceremony at the cross. In the
afternoon there will be parade, begin
ming at Q O'Clock, over the following
route: Formation at Rice park, Wash
lngton street, south to Third, to Sibley,
to Sixth, to Robert, to Seventh, to Wa
DaSha, thence to the state capitol. Here
the exercises will take place, the order
of which will be as follows:
Dirge by First Regiment band: reading of
general orders by Comrade w. w. Braden !;
music by quartette; recitation by Will j.
Annon, 1.-The Burial March of Dundee;' -
Grafton by Attorney General C. E. Clapp {;
vocal music by quartette furnished by r. E..
Munger; music by Great Western band; reci-
tation by Miss LeOnora Austin, Dedication
music: America" by Metropolitan band;
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-05-27
PERSONALS.

L. j. Cole, of Brainerd is at the Merchants.
Gilbert A. Pierce and wife are at the Ryan,
j. Il. Condor, of Duluth, is stopping at the
Ryan.
G. A. Moody, of Sauk Rapids, is at the
Windsor.
Frank Sawyer, of Millbank, Dak., is at the
Clarendon.
G. W. Morrill, of Anoka, is stopping at the
Merchants.
ID. J. Knox. of Aitkin, is stopping at the
Merchants.
Datus c. Smith, of Dakota, is guest at the
Merchants.
C. II. Webster, of Milwaukee, is stopping at
the Windsor
N. X. Hubbard and wife, of Fargo, are at
Charles Mitchell and wife, of Boston, are at
the Clarendon.
E. C. Walters, of Billings, Mont, is stop
ping at the Ryan.
n. d. Waiting, of Huron, Oak, is among
the guests at the Windsor.
Judge H. r. Wells, of Preston, and Hon.
Burdette Thayer, of Spring Valley, paid
terday.
Representative L. II. Prosser, of Wyckoff,
Fillmore county, and p. Y. Collins, editor of
the st. Peter Tribune, were at the governors
Office yesterday.
Alexander Griggs, a Dakota railroad COM
missioner, was at the Merchants yesterday,
Ell route to Chicago. He said everything was
quiet along the Potomac.
R. c. Mitchell, editor and proprietor of the
Duluth Tribune, was at the Merchants yes
terday, with his coat pocket full of tracts
booming the Zenith City.
Abraham Thomas, of Alameda, Cal,
brother-in-law of Gov. Hubbard and H. E.
Johnson, paid visit to this city yesterday,
and called upon Mr.. johnson, after an alb
sence of about seventeen years.
Joe Henshaw, the Ryan clerk who started
out to walk against time to Omaha, has re-
turned, and reports the crops in Omaha in
splendid condition. He says he never saw
the timothy grass in the streets of that city
looking better than it did when he left.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-05-27
NEED A TABERNACLE.
Chaplain Smith, on Resigning.
Urges More Mission Work.

The annual meeting of the Bethel
Mission society was held yesterday at
Mayor Smiths Office. A. E. Clark pre-
sided at the meeting, and there were
present: Capt. Blakely, Mayor Smith,
Rev. Robert Smith, Kennett Clark,
Webster Smith, j. l. Jellett and Rev. E.
Il. Pierce, of ST. Paul; Rev. b. Frank
land, of Chicago, and Capt. KitwOod, of
Rev. Robert Smith, was read:
To the Directors of ST. Paul Bethel Asso
citation: In making this my fourteenth
annual report of our Bethel mission work L
desire to acknowledge Gods infinite good
ness to me and the kindness of the Bethel
board, as well as the universal sympathy and
aid OF ministers, churches and business men
who have stood by me and by kindly words
and generous acts encouraged me in the
work during my fourteen years of service
rendered you and the state as chaplain and
agent of the Western Seamen's Friend soci-
ETY.. | trust foundations are well laid for the
building up and carrying on of grand mis-
sion work under the auspices OF your asso-
ciation AS heretofore, l have held weekly
services at the county hospital and WomenS
Christian home, at the Mission rooms Sunday
and Tuesday evenings, and fortnightly at the
poor farm Large Quantities OF reading
matter have been distributed in the lumber
camps, on steamboats, and other places.
1t seems to me that either mission stations i'll
appropriate districts or grand central home
and popular tabernacle should receive your
immediate consideration, as an absolute ne
cessity, meeting the expectations of Bethel
patrons and the general public. Pressing
need of rest from any active work leads me
TO resign my position as chaplain and also as
director of your board, and l trust Il suitable
successor will meet with encouragement en-
abling him to carry on the anticipated ex-
tended usefulness of the mission. Respect
fully, ROBERT SMITH, Chaplain.
The resignation of Mr.. Smith was ac-
cepted and Rev .ER. Pierce was elected
to succeed him for six months. John
Ichler and William Lindeke were chosen
directors, to succeed Conrad GotZian,
deceased, and Rev. Mr.. Smith, resigned,
and the remainder of the present di-
rectorS were reelected.
The treasurer's report showed a bal
ance of S2,970.40 in the building fund,
and it is probable that an effort will
soon be made to carry out the late pas
tors suggestion and erect tabernacle
for the mission.